The Strait of Hormuz: Trump’s Looming Waterloo?
The Strait of Hormuz may prove to be Trump’s Waterloo, but one defined not by cannons, but by political overreach.
Apr 7, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz may prove to be Trump’s Waterloo, but one defined not by cannons, but by political overreach.
Apr 7, 2026
In many ways, the dispute over Greenland has come to symbolize this fracture: A moment when longstanding partnerships were publicly tested, revealing just how fragile the post-war order has become.
Feb 26, 2026
At its core, the U.S.-Iran standoff was a geopolitical game of brinkmanship, one that blended Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ with the darker logic of warcraft.
Feb 12, 2026
Trump represents a departure from this norm – framing U.S. military intervention in humanitarian terms – by openly celebrating 19th-century imperialists like McKinley and taking the mask off of U.S. foreign policy.
Feb 9, 2026
The choice facing the international community is not between order and chaos, but between a hierarchical order that breeds resentment and a pluriversal one that commands legitimacy. The GGI places its wager on the latter, not by denying history, but by insisting that its unfinished promises still matter.
Feb 9, 2026
China’s firm and robust growth will continue, and so will the opportunities for the world.
Jan 30, 2026
Americans are mobilizing more and more to defend beleaguered immigrant communities and restore constitutional protections and civil liberties that the American system of government has traditionally striven to uphold.
Jan 28, 2026
Greenland is not a peripheral territory but a central piece of geography caught within a renewed U.S. strategy of global containment.
Jan 26, 2026
The U.S. is essentially waging war against the multipolar world, targeting both leading powers of the multipolar world while targeting and dismembering aspiring members of it.
Jan 21, 2026
Going it alone sounds tough until it means paying more, knowing less, and reacting later.
Jan 14, 2026
The ‘Donroe Doctrine’ is a significant and dangerous evolution of the Monroe Doctrine. This shift from ‘implicit hegemony’ to ‘explicit power politics’ poses a direct challenge to the international order based on sovereign equality and non-interference.
Jan 8, 2026
Political trust, economic collaboration and cultural exchanges further solidify China-Africa ties.
Dec 31, 2025